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Introduction (2022)

Backman, J., & Cimino, A. (2022). Introduction. In J. Backman, & A. Cimino (Eds.), Biopolitics and Ancient Thought (pp. 1-11). Oxford University Press. Classics in Theory. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192847102.003.0001

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Backman, Jussi

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Backman, Jussi; Cimino, Antonio

Emojulkaisu: Biopolitics and Ancient Thought

Emojulkaisun toimittajat: Backman, Jussi; Cimino, Antonio

ISBN: 978-0-19-284710-2

eISBN: 978-0-19-266273-6

Lehti tai sarja: Classics in Theory

Julkaisuvuosi: 2022

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 1-11

Kirjan kokonaissivumäärä: 240

Kustantaja: Oxford University Press

Kustannuspaikka: Oxford

Julkaisumaa: Britannia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192847102.003.0001

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/80508

Tiivistelmä

In the introduction to the volume, the editors explain the overarching aim of the volume and contextualize the main themes of its chapters. Even if the notions of biopolitics and biopower have played a crucial role in philosophy, the humanities, and the social sciences over the last decades, they have been used in various and at times diverging senses, which has also produced different narratives about the history of biopolitics. The main aim of the volume is to clarify whether and to what extent the concept of biopolitics is applicable to antiquity. To answer such questions, the chapters collected in the volume address three main topics, namely the possible presence of biopolitical discourse in ancient thought, the extent to which the application of a biopolitical approach to ancient thought requires qualifications, and some influential contemporary interpretations of the relation between biopolitics and antiquity.

YSO-asiasanat: poliittinen filosofia; valta; biopolitiikka; antiikin filosofia; antiikki; moderni; käsitehistoria